Joy dot: an oriole at our feeder this morning, a beautiful male

If you have an alcohol problem, you are most likely sugar sensitive. And many sugar sensitive people go for bread and pasta etc instead of sugar. The program addresses many addictive behaviors, including drinking and eating disorders.

If you aren't sure, you can probably get the book from your local library, or skim through part of it at the bookstore to see if you think it relates to you. I knew it was about me when I read the symptoms of low blood sugar and beta endorphin, and realized those were the things I didn't like about myself.

It can't hurt to try the program. Rehab will cost money and disrupt your life. The program won't cost you anything but groceries, and won't disrupt your life. What many people find helpful if they have a drinking problem is a combination of AA and the program. The program addresses the biochemical imbalance that is behind the addictive behavior, through making slow, steady changes to your food. It worked for me, when medication didn't.

Step 1 is breakfast. It has 4 parts:
enough protein for your body weight
a complex carb
within an hour of getting up
every day
And you can work your way up to this slowly. You can pick whichever of the 4 parts is easiest and start with that. You can work your way up to the full amount of protein. And you can have your donuts along with the protein and complex carb, if you want.
Allison

: Thank you all for the replies. I have
: not read the Potatoes not Prozac
: book yet since I wasn't sure if
: sugar addiction is my problem or
: not or if this program will help
: me. I only abuse food and alcohol
: so, I thought it may be my
: problem. Since "coming
: out", my prescription drug
: addict brother (who has been
: through rehab) thinks I need
: rehab. I don't abuse drugs and
: never have, in fact, when I broke
: my foot they gave me Vicodin and I
: hated the way it made me feel.
: The reason I wasn't sure whether or
: not I have sugar addiction is
: because when I binge it's not
: particularly sugar foods, I
: sort of just eat whatever I have
: lots of that's around. Oh I also
: drink a lot of caffeine because I
: am tired all the time.
: What are my thoughts on
: breakfast....well, I usually
: always eat breakfast, cereal or
: chocolate packaged mini donuts.
: That's probably bad huh? I can
: pick up the book if it will help,
: I'm just on the fence since I
: binge on any food, not just sugar
: foods.